World Cup 1 - Answers

Published: Tuesday 1st June 2010
  1. The 2010 tournament in South Africa will be the 19th World Cup, where and when was the first held? Uruguay in 1930.
  2. In which city was the World Cup Final held in the following years, [a] 1930, [b] 1950, [c] 1970, [d] 1982 and [e] 1994 [a] Montevideo, [b] Rio De Janeiro, [c] Mexico City, [d] Madrid and [e] Pasadena.
  3. Which was the first World Cup tournament in which members of all six football confederations took part? 1982 in Spain.
  4. Who, with 6 goals, was the top scorer at the 1998 World Cup? Davor Suker from Croatia.
  5. Who, in 2002, scored the fastest goal in a World Cup tournament? Hakan Sukur [Turkey v South Korea], he scored in 11seconds.
  6. Brazil have won the World Cup a record five times, but which country have been a beaten finalist a record four times? Germany.
  7. Can you name the two players who have competed in five different World Cup tournaments? Antonio Carbajal [Mexico 1950-1966] and Lothar Matthaus [Germany 1982-1998].
  8. Only eight countries have won the World Cup, can you name them? Brazil, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Uruguay, England,France and Spain.
  9. Who scored the first penalty in a World Cup Final? Johan Neeskens [Holland v West Germany 1974].
  10. Who is the only player to have won three World Cup winners medals? Pele [Brazil 1958,1962 & 1970].
  11. Two winning players also went on to be successful World Cup winning coaches, can you name them? Mario Zagolo [Brazil player 1958 & 1962, Coach 1970] and Franz Beckenbaur [Germany player 1974, Coach 1990].
  12. Which was the first Asian country to appear in a World Cup finals tournament? Dutch East Indies [now Indonesia] in 1938.
  13. Which Italian player was sent off in the 1994 World Cup second round match against Nigeria on his 28th birthday? Gianfranco Zola.
  14. In 1998 France hosted the competition for the second time, which two other countries have twice hosted the World Cup? Italy [1934 & 1990] and Mexico [1970 & 1986].
  15. Who was the Scotland manager in the 1978 World Cup? Ally McLeod.
  16. With England leading West Germany 2-1 in the 1970 World Cup quarter final, Bobby Charlton was substituted, who was his replacement? Colin Bell.
  17. Who scored Scotland's only goal in the 1986 World Cup? Gordon Strachan.
  18. Which three teams made up the remainder of Wales' group in the 1958 World Cup? Sweden, Hungary and Mexico.
  19. Who managed the Republic of Ireland team in the 1990 World Cup? Jack Charlton.
  20. Who scored two goals in the 2002 World Cup Final? Ronaldo [Brazil].

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